Example sentences of "be say [conj] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we 're saying if you look at , right , these two factors , one is the you 've got land reform er on absolute egal du n no what you call it grounds , the other is that you 're getting the peasants to do it themselves |
| 2 | I do n't , I do n't I mean I do n't quite agree with what you 're saying cos you seem to be saying whatever party 's in power in local government it 's gon na be exactly the same |
| 3 | All I can try to do is to outline what theists have been saying when they talk of God , and to try to offset some popular misconceptions of what they mean . |
| 4 | What had he really been saying as they sat among the trees ? |
| 5 | Moreover I do not think that it can be said that they succeed in righting the imbalance in the symbolism of Christianity . |
| 6 | For him it must be said that he went at once to report the death to authority , and then came back to us and again told the same story . |
| 7 | She could imagine what would be said if she arrived with one at the house in Newcastle Place . |
| 8 | He must have heard what was being said because he rounded on them . |
| 9 | I mean I , I was quite fascinated having lunch one day with a journ a Melbourne journalist erm and this was about six months after Murdoch had taken over the Melbourne Sun all this and we were chatting away and I actually threw in the stuff which were saying about how papers are there to make profits these days so that 's what drives them and that journalists journalists on newspapers such as Murdoch 's papers , write what they 're supposed to write and she and I got quite out of with one another and and the bottom liner was that she , she absolutely totally and utterly denied what we were saying and I said to her okay if you were given a story to write you know and it was opposite to how you would view it , what would you do and she said oh well I , I would have to write it and the issue with the Murdoch papers and it 's quite interesting because I mean I 'm sure you can with other newspapers but I , I 've just got a bit more is that Murdoch never ever writes a minute or a memo to his editor or staff saying this is what the line is ever . |
| 10 | It is said that he stood before the altar and for a moment the Blade called to him . |
| 11 | Presumably , since it is said that she lived to 127 , her sixties would be equivalent to our thirties or forties . |
| 12 | What we will be doing is saying that it has to be clearly stated so that customers can see before they enter into the transaction and then we expect competitive forces in the market to make sure that the charges do n't get unrealistic . |
| 13 | No , what we would be doing is saying that it has to be clearly stated so that the customers can see before they enter into the transaction , and then we expect competitive forces in the market to make sure that the charges do n't get unrealistic . |
| 14 | Aunt Emily said , ‘ If you read it , dear child , it will take away your fear , ’ and Alexandra , stubbornly remembering Michael Swinton 's saying that she seemed to be working out her own salvation and feeling that the decision to read the journal must be part of that working out , shook her head and sent her needle stabbing in and out of the canvas . |
| 15 | I ca n't make any sense of what he 's saying because it seems to me that erm our common and everyday and perhaps very deficient notion of individuation is , what makes me different from the rest of you ? |
| 16 | It was said that he travelled to Europe and established the Merovingian dynasty of kings which ruled France until displaced in 679 AD , by which time the dynasty had become enfeebled . |
| 17 | They left in the utility a short time after darkness had fallen , and although little was said as they drove along the narrow , rough country road , Lucy felt that the silences between them were companionable . |
| 18 | I did n't realize what I was saying but it proved to be true . |
| 19 | R.B. Yes , another teacher mentioned this when I talked to her and I was saying that it seemed to me that it was a blind spot . |
| 20 | Like that was saying if you wanted to , about three months cos I mean kept putting |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't know about you , ’ the reporter was saying as they walked across the cool marble-floored lobby of the large office building and out into the hot , brilliant midday sunshine of Fenchurch Street , ‘ but I 'd practically sell my soul for a really icy cold vodka and tonic . |
| 22 | " Will you meet me , Tom ? " she was saying as she bent over him , " when I 'll have my scones out for the tea . " |
| 23 | Mm I was saying when he worked at Smedley they used to can up baked beans for er Smedleys themselves Tesco 's |